Sword Dance (ability)

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DFF Sword Dance — Sword Dance used by Exdeath in *Dissidia Final Fantasy*.

Perform a graceful series of six dagger slashes.

Final Fantasy Explorers description

Sword Dance (ソードダンス or 剣の舞い or 剣の舞 or つるぎのまい, Sōdo Dansu or Ken no Mai or Tsurugi no Mai?, lit. Sword Dance), also known as Blade Dance, Sword Quiver, or Saber Dance, is a recurring ability from the Final Fantasy series. It is usually a powerful physical attack, and has been usable by both the player party and enemies.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

Sword Dance is a Band ability formed by combining Edward's Bardsong with Cecil's Attack command. It does physical damage to enemies.

Final Fantasy V[]

Sword Dance from FFV Pixel Remaster — *Pixel Remaster*.

Sword Dance is one of four random abilities from the Dance command. The Dancing Dagger randomly uses the Dance command instead of the Attack command when used for attack. In the Pixel Remaster, the move deals full damage from the back row. It is useful for the more frail job classes like the Dancer.

Sword Dance affects the damage formula of the equipped weapon by doubling the A and M parameters. There is a ¼ chance of the Dance command using Sword Dance, but this chance doubles to ½ when the user equips the Rainbow Dress, Red Slippers, or Lamia's Tiara. Any added abilities from equipped weapons do not trigger when using Sword Dance.

Sword Dance is the easiest way to trigger the damage overflow glitch in Final Fantasy V. A character with 99 Strength, Speed, and Level (all achievable via singing) can overflow damage against an opponent with 0 physical defense by performing Sword Dance while wielding either a maxed-out Chicken Knife or a dual-wielded weapon with at least 106 attack using the Two-Handed ability.

Final Fantasy VI[]

Blade Dance is an attack exclusive to Gilgamesh. It is a strong physical attack by itself, and is followed by three physical strikes in a row with 150% power.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Sword Quiver is an attack associated with both Maliris and her crystal form in Crystal World. It deals massive non-elemental damage to a single target.

Final Fantasy XI[]

Saber Dance is a Second Group Merit ability for the Dancer job, which increases the player's Double Attack rate and Samba duration while removing the ability to use Waltzes.

Final Fantasy XII[]

Sword Dance is an attack exclusive to Vinuskar. It does physical damage to all targets in range.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Sword Dance is also an ability used by Gilgamesh during the second battle with him, striking anyone in front of him several times in succession.

Saber Dance is a weaponskill used by Dancers, consuming the Esprit gauge to deal damage to the target and nearby enemies.

Final Fantasy XVI[]

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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

Blade Dance is an ability usable by Penelo when she is equipped with a blade-type weapon. It does damage to an enemy twice. It cannot be used with rapiers.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers[]

Blade Dance is an attack which the Legion and the Lost Emperor use, they will stretch their limbs performing a deadly sword combo with their six swords finishing with them swinging all their swords downward toward the ground, striking anything in its path in a wide range.

Final Fantasy Dimensions[]

Deals damage to a single enemy.

Description

Saber Dance is an ability for the Dancer class, obtainable after defeating the Sworddancer in the basement of Castle Lux. At the cost of 34 MP, the user will inflict major non-elemental damage to one target.

Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]

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Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

Feel the Void!

Exdeath

Sword Dance is a Brave attack usable by Exdeath. It is a simple physical attack with his sword, and can hit up to four times depending on if the attack is used as a normal attack or a counterattack, and if Exdeath is in EX Mode. Sword Dance costs 40 CP to equip and 180 AP to master.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Here I am!

Gilgamesh

Sword Dance is a Bravery attack for Exdeath. Sword Dance is also available to Gilgamesh as an HP attack. He slashes the opponent once, followed by a series of spinning attacks if the first hit lands. It costs 30 CP to equip and 130 AP to master.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy Artniks[]

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Blade Dance is the ability that is used by the Dancer during battle.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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Final Fantasy Explorers[]

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Sword Dance (FFV) is an ability learned by Summoner Lenna in Brave Shift. It costs 200 MP, has a 3 turn cooldown, and is available on turn. It deals 5 hits of physical attack with magic damage with a modifier of 72x, then 3 additional separate hits, to one enemy. It uses the Absolute Mirror of Equity chaining family.

Dancer: Sword Dance is an ability learned by Warrior of Light Bartz at level 86 (6★). It costs 56 MP and deals 7 hits of physical damage with a modifier of 21x, then one hit of physical damage with a modifier of 24.5x as well as reduces Wind resistance by 120% for 5 turns to one enemy. It uses the Absolute Mirror of Equity chaining family.

Sword Dance (FFX-2) is an ability learned by Paine at level 105 (7★). It costs 88 MP and deals 11 hits of physical damage with a modifier of 15x to all enemies, then finishes with one additional hit to all enemies.

Sword Dance is an ability learned by Penelo at level 60 (4★). It costs 16 MP to use and deals 6 hits of physical damage with a modifier of 4x to one enemy.

World of Final Fantasy[]

Blade Dance is an active physical ability that inflicts neutral physical damage on a single target for 10 AP. It has high critical chance and medium topple strength. It can be used by Marilith.

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin[]

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Penelo's card featuring her Tactics A2 character art can use Blade Dance. For the discard of a Penelo card and Dulling Penelo, Blade Dance deals 3000 damage for each Penelo card in the Break Zone, to a Forward of the player's choice.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]Sword dances are recorded from throughout world history. There are various traditions of solo and mock battle sword dances from Greece, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, England, Scotland, and Japan. Many believe that sword dancing evolved from the early Chinese art of wu shu. The simple martial art became a military training technique with swords and spears and then turned into an elaborate acrobatic dance.